I spotted this flower on the wall where Foley Street ends on the Darlinghurst side of Taylor Square.

It was a gorgeous spring day, which seems less than a memory in today’s rain. But a closer look revealed an opportunistic bouquet of lips, perched above a guerilla fern on the wall. It reminds me of a rougher take on Phillip George’s remarkable Edge of Empire show at Breenspace.

I can’t imagine how different it must have been in this neighbourhood 30 years ago, but these guys might.

Our photos are usually our own, but this time I’ve included these photos of Darlinghurst in the early ’80s from a new blog called Darlinghurst Eats Its Young.

It’s all punk and post-punk, squats, fun, beautiful and sometimes bleak scenes.

They were put together for a show at the great Sedition record shop/barber/gallery.

This one’s a bottle wall at the Gladstone Hotel squat, on the corner of William and Palmer Streets, Darlingurst.

Madeleine Preston put it together, and took the photos of familiar but alien spots in the inner city, and truckloads of great bands, music makers and artists. It’s quite strange working your way through the posts, but I recommend you do.

Taylor Square has its own theatre, that’s for sure. But tonight it had the staging, seating and lights to go with it.

Approaching Taylor Square, I heard screams – which is fairly typical – but louder than normal, amplified, and as I rounded the corner, I realised it was a couple of actors. They’re in out of focus picture above, sitting on those round seat like objects.

It’s Milk Crate Theatre – based in Darlinghurst since opening in 1999, and working with homeless people.

It has one of the most striking sets in the inner city. With the background of bustling Oxford Street, and, in the distance, the sandstone courts, it’s set design taken to the limits. Something funny happens when you put actors in front of the scene, it does actually become a set.

My pictures don’t do the scene justice, it was hard to tear your eyes away from the actors.

This photo was taken while waiting for the lights to go green – looking from behind the actors to the audience.

I walked in half way through, and I couldn’t stay, so I can’t say too much about the plot. I would love to be able to next time.

This belt was cast aside on Darlinghurst Road, just down from Kings Cross station, this morning.

It started life as a tweet. But @poisontofu thought it was a Take It Home And See If It Works, and we couldn’t help but agree.

Too bad the tip of the belt had been torn away – we noticed it a little further up the street.

Storage space comes at a premium these days, especially in the inner city.

I happened to glance skywards whilst heading down Victoria Street, in Darlinghurst the other day.

I just hope the rust doesn’t set it.

Look about near the corner of Kippax and Lacey Streets, Surry Hills, and you will see this unlikely pair.

An Angus Young kind of school boy, below a manic looking Max Headroom (thanks, Zac). They’re both looking out, though not together. Seems arbitrary, I guess, but you never know.

Actually we don’t hear the sounds of the police in this neighbourhood as much as you might think.

This graffiti on the corner of Kells Lane and Langley Street, Darlinghurst, seems like a way to claw that back. Yes, the police visit our neighbourhood. See, look at this permanent bit of police tape, the paint on the kerb seems to say.

On Ryder Street, Darlinghurst, someone’s eating their heart out.

“While you make pretty speeches, I’m being cut to shreds,” says the graffiti.

It’s scrawled, but it doesn’t feel rushed. The writing doesn’t give much away.

“You feed me to the lions. A delicate balance.”

A poem?

UPDATE: Duh. Just got a tweeted reply. It’s a Radiohead song, ‘Like Spinning Plates,’ from Amnesiac. Of course it would be. There goes my stadium art rock cred.

I spotted this object glued to the kerb of Taggarts Lane, Surry Hills – a stone remote control that says “FEAR.”

It’s by Will Coles, whose cute teddy bear and mobile phone appeared on Crown Street in February. The bear said “Culture,” while his other work says things like “Nothing” and “Burden” and “unfinished.”

We love the staff at our local DVD store – Darlo DVD – and were amused to see a sign expressing their gratitude at discs being returned.

Okay, I admit the first time it was pointed out to me, I just thought it was a picture of Tom Hanks, saying thanks for returning the DVD. I thought, “That’s nice.”

But no, it is genius.